THE LABYRINTH

We must trust our own thinking. Trust where we’re going. And get the job done.  -Wilma Mankiller January 2022 After The Harasser resigned, there was no returning to the regularly-scheduled programming of life, our families, and our work. Something had...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

KEN LESLIE, DIRECTOR OF 1MATTERS.ORG, VETERANS MATTER, AND ORGANIZER OF TENT CITY, IS THE SUBJECT OF SEVERAL CREDIBLE ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND ABUSE OF POWER “Advocate in Chief” has been removed and reinstated from Boards and Committees despite repeated...

On Burdens

I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else’s whim or to someone else’s ignorance. -bell hooks Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy night. -Bette Davis as Margo Channing in All About Eve (1950) If I’m being...

On documentation

“I thought it would be important to remind these young women how valuable and precious they are. I wanted them to understand that the measure of any society is how it treats its women and girls. And I told them, I told them that they deserve to be treated with dignity...

On Power

“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” -Alice Walker Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself. -Gloria Steinem Trigger warning: This blog details incidents of...